Blackfish Lake Ferry Site
- Also Known As: SF0077
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Blackfish Lake Ferry Site is an archaeological site near Blackfish Lake in New Shady Grove, Arkansas. The former military road that crossed here was a major route during the removal of Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw tribes to the Indian Territory and thousands of westward pioneers. - AsNotedIn
Blackfish–this stream has been considered the great obstacle in the forming of this road, and we believe in any other way than that on which we have conducted it would render it impracticable–This stream takes its rise in a large number of Cypress lakes, Ponds etc in the high lands bordering on an outlet to the Mississippi into the Saint Francis–It drains a large portion of this insulated Country–In wet seasons it contains a vast quantity of water, which owing to the flatness of the Country, inundates a large Space at Such times rendering it almost impassible. Where we desire the road to cross, it forms itself into an immence [sic] lake with high banks, Sufficient to Contain all the Surplus water of wet Seasons without inundation – Thus, by establishing a ferry across Blackfish lake the great obstacle to this road vanishes.